11 Incredible Living Walls
The idea of a living wall conjures up all sorts of images, but in reality it is nothing more than a wall completely covered in vegetation. In order to create a living wall pre-vegetated or fabric panels containing plastic containers, or geotextiles, as well as irrigation systems and vegetation are attached to the wall or supporting structure. This form of urban gardening is often designed as an art form to decorate buildings in cities and has been hailed as one way to make cities more enjoyable, healthier and ultimately greener places. 1. Musee du Quai Branly [Paris] One of the best loved vertical gardens inhabits the walls of the Musee du Quai Branly in Paris.
Easy vegetables to grow
Planting a garden doesn’t have to be a huge undertaking. But the fear of failure keeps many a gardener-wannabe from spending time and energy on planting backyard crops. Knowing the easy vegetables to grow for your region — in addition to when and where to plant them — is the best way to ensure success.
Persephone Magazine | Blog | The Lazy Lady's Guide to DIY: Hanging Herb Garden
At some point near the middle of March, I always decide that I’m “done” with winter. The sweaters and jackets get pushed to the back of the closet, the flip flops come out, and I inevitably freeze my butt off for several weeks until the weather catches up with my warm-weather state of mind. Likewise, my cravings for fresh herbs and veggies are always a little ahead of the season.
Turn Old Black and White Photos To Colored Tutorial
Turn old photos and black and white photos to colored. We all have old black and white photos at home and it is good to save these pictures by enhancing it and keeping it good. In this post I have listed some of the best photoshop tutorials that teach you how to maintain your old photos by turning black and white photos to colored and enhancing the damaged photos. Photoshop tutorials are many on the web but in this post I have listed some of the coolest photoshop tutorials that teach you how to change your old black and white photos to colored ones, to repair your damaged photos and keep them digitally safe.
90 Pounds of Tomatoes from 5 Plants
At the lumberyard, I bought 7 feet of heavy wire fencing about 6 feet high. I had the clerk cut a 3-foot length of small-mesh hardware cloth that stood about 30 inches high. I lapped the hardware cloth into a circle about 11 inches wide and secured it by threading wire over the edges. Then I set this circular basket in the middle of my fertilized plot and filled it to the brim with compost. The larger, 27-inch circle of heavy wire was placed around this center and firmly anchored with soil heaped a few inches around the base. Next, I planted five tomato seedlings around the outside of the heavy wire circle.
Philadelphia, Cleveland among best for urban agriculture
Which U.S. cities are among the most progressive for urban agriculture? The answer may surprise you. Mark Bittman writes in the New York Times this morning that Philadelphia is among the best in the nation when it comes to food policy, thanks to a "forward-thinking mayor" and non-profit organization The Food Trust, who are working together to provide better access to fresh food for the City of Brotherly Love's poorest citizens through the taxation of soda.
Growing Celery Indoors: Never Buy Celery Again
Remember when we tested and shared how to grow onions indefinitely last week? Well, at the same time, we've been testing out another little indoor gardening project first gleaned from Pinterest that we're excited to share the successes of today — regrowing celery from it's base. We've figured out how to literally re-grow organic celery from the base of the bunch we bought from the store a couple weeks ago. I swear, we must have been living under a rock all these years or just not be that resourceful when it comes to food, but we're having more fun learning all these new little tips and tricks as we dive deeper into trying to grow more of our own food.
How To Make Your Own Book Planters for Succulents
I am a firm believer that it doesn't take much to add a little charm to your home or office. During my recent visit to Poke Acupuncture, I noticed that Russell had added tons of new decorations. My favorites were his DIY homemade book planters. Here is a step by step lesson on how to create them yourself.
10 Useful Photoshop Image Extraction Tutorials
One of the most needed skills in photo manipulation is Image Extraction, as the end result often depends on how capable you are of mastering this skill. Image elements that are not extracted to perfection will spring to the eye once they are placed on a new background. Photoshop image extraction tutorials can help you learn various techniques for getting what you need extracted without doing too much damage to the fragile elements of the original image. Some image elements are easy to extract, while others are always problematic and frustrating to work with. In this category, human hair and animal fur are well known opponents.
